Basketball Recap: Longwood Takes a Tough Playoff Loss

It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Longwood can now relate to. They fell 58-47 to the Smithtown East Bulls on Thursday. The match marked the Lions' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Lions

Previous 5 Games

02/27/25 @ Smithtown East	47-58
02/14/25 vs Sachem East	71-65
01/27/25 @ Walt Whitman	64-41
12/27/24 @ Newfield	79-61
12/19/24 vs Walt Whitman	69-54

Longwood moved to 7-4 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.8 points over those games. As for Smithtown East, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 8-2.

Longwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Smithtown East has already played their next contest (against Half Hollow Hills East), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.